MRI-negative, bone scintigram-positive in early osteonecrosis of the knees

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 750-753

  Warwick, Bruce J M ^a   Caristo, Vincent ^a   Hartin, Nathan ^a   Ihsleish, Wisam ^a   Perera, Chandima ^a   Van Der Wall, Hans ^a  

^a Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Glucocorticoids; MRI; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER; CASE REPORT; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KNEE OSTEONECROSIS; KNEE PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEONECROSIS;

EID: 33751218560     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000246890.17699.2a     Document Type: Article

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